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WE'VE LOST ALL OUR QUICK PLAYERS

Cranky Franky
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Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ?

This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity.

Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss.

Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today.

Oskar Baker - probably Casey material.

Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful.

Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker.

Maybe the BT doesn't value speed.

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    2 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ?

    This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity.

    Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss.

    Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today.

    Oskar Baker - probably Casey material.

    Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful.

    Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker.

    Maybe the BT doesn't value speed.

    We have Windsor who is super fast.

    Kozzie is no slouch 

    Langers is still spritely.

    But yea I hope we shop for a couple of speedy players for 25.

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    Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace.

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    41 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ?

    This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity.

    Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss.

    Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today.

    Oskar Baker - probably Casey material.

    Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful.

    Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker.

    Maybe the BT doesn't value speed.

    C’mon cranky.

    bedford would be good but the rest are list cloggers and Jeff Garlett retired years ago… 

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    Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? 
    I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. 

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    1 hour ago, Binmans PA said:

    Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace.

    Don’t forget Kade Chandler also V quick over 20m, Kynan Brown also looks quickish judging from that run down against Roo’s and racking up 24 tackles last WE, but only a kid.

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    I think we have decent pace across the field. 

    Its in the middle where we have often had issues but with the inclusions of Rivers, Kozzy, Windser, and hopefully more this off season I'm hoping this wont be as much of an issue next year.

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    35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? 
    I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. 

    Frost is getting a game in a team playing much better than us at the moment. He'd be well ahead of Lever this year.

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    1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Has anyone else noticed that we have lost almost all the real speedsters off our list in recent years ?

    This has happened when genuine leg speed is a very valuable commodity.

    Jeff Garlett was probably cooked so no great loss.

    Sam Frost would probably get a game with us today.

    Oskar Baker - probably Casey material.

    Toby Bedford- would be very, very useful.

    Jayden Hunt would also be very handy as a line breaker.

    Maybe the BT doesn't value speed.

    Garlett, Frost, Baker, Bedford and Hunt. Pick any five players on our current list and make the switch, would we really be anything more than incrementally improved?

    Overall our team is faster than it was four years ago and in particular we've added considerable speed in recent drafts in every position.

    The anti-club Gish Gallop coming from some directions is getting more than annoying.

     

     

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    Not really

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    10 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Frost is getting a game in a team playing much better than us at the moment. He'd be well ahead of Lever this year.

    Amazing.

    I'd love to hear your evidence for this. Actually, no, just go away.

    Does Demonland do bans for sheer wrongness?

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    37 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

    I think we have decent pace across the field. 

    Its in the middle where we have often had issues but with the inclusions of Rivers, Kozzy, Windser, and hopefully more this off season I'm hoping this wont be as much of an issue next year.

    Agree with the slow midfield.  They are all very good players but.....  Rivers adds a bit and Kozzie (but he's small for a permanent midfielder).  But we've had that problem for years and been able to get around it. Its partly the reason Max gets 90% hit outs but we only get half the clearances.  And when we don't have Max like last week it shows up more.   But when it's wet our stronger bodied midfielders win out.

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    1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

    Sam Frost gets a game with us today does he? 
    I will call May and tell him he can retire now because FROSTBALL is back. 

    He's the ex player that keeps giving.

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    No doubt cranky would’ve been one of the first asking for Frost to be delisted… now all of a sudden he’s the greatest full back in history 

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    3 hours ago, Binmans PA said:

    Bowey, AMW, Windsor, Kolt, Kozzy. If anything, we've net added pace.

    I would not have Bowey or Kolt down as speedsters.  They go ok but not up there with the likes of Moniz & Caleb imo.

    Should've gone harder to keep Bedford and personally felt we should've retained Hunt who played a strong part  in us winning silverware in 2021 during the H&A segment.

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    I actually had to triple check the date of this post. 

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    When any team gets beaten they look slow.

    We do have some quick players. Some of these are young and will only get better if not quicker - the names of our speedsters have already been mentioned

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    Come on Crank. There's an old saying in Canberra - never get between a state premier and a bucket of money. If Kossi ever become premier of WA, he'd be out the front door and half way to the airport before the other premiers had pulled out their ATM cards.

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    2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    Don’t forget Kade Chandler also V quick over 20m, Kynan Brown also looks quickish judging from that run down against Roo’s and racking up 24 tackles last WE, but only a kid.

    Yep, totally.

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